Table 1.
Frequency of receipt of printed materials, simple gifts and free samples versus response to question 5
| Is it ethical to accept gifts from PCRs? | Logistic Regression# Analysis No vs. Yes or in some cases |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | In some cases | Total | sig | OR | 95% CI | |
| Printed materials* | |||||||
| Never | 47 (37) | 33 (26) | 48 (38) | 128 | 1 | ||
| Once | 29 (31) | 22 (23) | 43 (46) | 94 | 0.393 | 1.281 | 0.72-2.25 |
| 2-5 times | 52 (23) | 52 (23) | 119 (53) | 223 | 0.008 | 1.897 | 1.18-3.05 |
| >5 times | 26 (16) | 45 (28) | 92 (56) | 163 | <0.001 | 3.057 | 1.76-5.31 |
| Simple gifts* | |||||||
| Never | 43 (36) | 37 (23) | 74 (42) | 154 | 1 | ||
| Once | 59 (28) | 38 (24) | 69 (48) | 166 | 0.156 | 1.411 | 0.87-2.27 |
| 2-5 times | 42 (20) | 55 (26) | 112 (54) | 209 | 0.001 | 2.226 | 1.39-3.54 |
| >5 times | 10 (13) | 22 (28) | 47 (59) | 79 | <0.001 | 3.841 | 1.84-8.01 |
| Drug samples* | |||||||
| Never | 60 (32) | 41 (22) | 89 (47) | 190 | 1 | ||
| Once | 38 (26) | 41 (28) | 66 (46) | 145 | 0.271 | 1.310 | 0.81-2.11 |
| 2-5 times | 42 (22) | 42 (22) | 103 (55) | 187 | 0.047 | 1.595 | 1.00-2.52 |
| >5 times | 14 (16) | 28 (33) | 44 (51) | 86 | 0.008 | 2.392 | 1.25-4.57 |
| Total | 154 | 152 | 302 | 608 | |||
#
Significant (P < 0.05)
&
“No” Responses versus (“yes” or “in some cases”) using “never accept” as the reference.